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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1915
Page
5
An ad promotes Parsons Souders Co as selling only goods of top quality at fair prices. It promises full customer satisfaction with a liberal return policy and a commitment to correct any unsatisfactory sale, aiming to earn repeat business. May 17.
An advertisement touts a mahogany frame serving tray with brass handles and glass over cretenne in various patterns. Each tray includes a green felt pad, priced at 59 cents, and the ad predicts quick sale on Tuesday.
A parish sale featuring hand made dresses aprons ice cream and a Jack Horner pie is planned for Saturday with tea and wafers served. Donations welcomed at the parish house Friday. Also announced are a Sunday School Fair, a beauty parlor opening by Mrs Elizabeth Seaton with hair treatments and accessories, and a marriage notice for Beryl Watson and Camden Garlow Conaway. A meeting of the Women’s Home Missionary Society is postponed due to tabernacle meetings.
The Parson s Souders Committee of the West Virginia Federation of Woman s Clubs met at the Peabody hotel to outline plans for the state federation convention in Fairmont October 1 2 and 3 1915. Attending were Mrs George De Bolt chairwoman Mrs Lehman Morgantown Mrs Waltman Barbe Mrs L G Lazelle Huntington and Mrs R L Hutchinson with other members absent. Plans foresee a major gathering with Fairmont to host and local preparations to begin.
Local figures including State Senator John I. Hatfeld and others pass through Cartlettsburg en route to Charleston for the extra legislative session. Visitors from Cincinnati and Indianapolis mingle with residents as shipments and business matters are attended to.
Stella Guinn, a familiar figure in police circles, was arrested Saturday night and fined five dollars in police court Sunday morning for disorderly conduct after allegedly drinking heavily and using profane language on West Main street. Chief Brooks and Lt Whyte led the arrest.
Martin Bros offer home grown asparagus picked daily for freshness. Local supplier highlights morning harvest to ensure peak flavor and quality for early market buyers.
Describes low priced blankets and comfortables in various sizes and weights. Advertises cotton blankets from 79 cents to 1.69 each and woolen blankets in white, scarlet, and broken plaids from 3.25 to 6.50. Claims average 30 percent savings on purchases.
Rose tan and a gold and old blue combination join Belgium blue blue grey purple navy and black in white Yuma cloth coats that have proven popular. Loose belted or plain patterns priced at 21.50. Sport coats in white chinchilla golfine gerbardine and corduroy run 10 to 15. Silk jersey sport coats new at 15 for young college girls.
Women's outerwear offered in natural linen and Palm Beach cloth. Coats described as loose and roomy to protect dresses from dust with belted styling priced at 4 to 5 dollars. Palm Beach cloth coats at 6.75 to 7.50 dollars and steel grey Palm Beach skirts for travel at 4.95 dollars, just received with special pricing.
The notice advertises a national trunk sale with travelers and long rail journeys in mind. It highlights special prices for various trunks and auto cases, urging readers to buy now to save. Names listed appear to be retailers and brands offering leather and cowhide trunks and cases at discounted rates.
Half pint macaroni cut into one inch pieces and half a pound of smal len disaoled with one tablespoon salt minutes. When cookes crate. Mele butter ix x.
A garbled OCR style passage suggests a theme of feeling well and seeking comfort in fresh days. The text references mood, seasons, and the sense that better times are coming, though the exact meaning is unclear due to corruption.
A catalog note offers summer dresses and frocks priced from 4.90 to 25.00, with groups for home and porch wear including voiles organdie and embroidery. The higher tier features jackets, crinoline dresses, taffeta jackets, and bewitching nets and OuBers outfits at up to 25.00.
Fragmentary notice locates activity on Main Street between 2nd and nearby cross street. Readers are advised to watch for further details on the incident or event as the page continues.
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